soon i'll be the owner of a winchester 7.62x54R sporter. don't worry i didn't bubba an original Russian musket, but it's a combonation of a .30-40 Krag action that had a ####ty barrel, and a minty Russian Contract 26" original barrel. i will need wood, and all i can find is buttstocks, no fore ends. i've checked boyd's, western gunparts, lots of places. numrich had them at one time but not anymore. is there someplace i can look that i haven't yet?
also ammo is another major concern. for now i'm working on the assumption that most of the available surplus might be too hot for a lever action. i'm pretty sure the Hungarian 174 gr yellow tipped stuff available locally is too hot, as i think it was originally intended for machine guns. i figure to buy some, pull the bullets, remove the propellent then reseat over a known charge of a suitable. shouldn't be a problem with this should there? also is there any of the commercially made stuff like Igman or Norma that might be too hot for it?
and last thing is i will need a rear sight. i am quite pleased with the Williams recevier peep on my '94, is there a similar one i can use for the '95? also will a Lyman No.2 tang sight fit as well?
also ammo is another major concern. for now i'm working on the assumption that most of the available surplus might be too hot for a lever action. i'm pretty sure the Hungarian 174 gr yellow tipped stuff available locally is too hot, as i think it was originally intended for machine guns. i figure to buy some, pull the bullets, remove the propellent then reseat over a known charge of a suitable. shouldn't be a problem with this should there? also is there any of the commercially made stuff like Igman or Norma that might be too hot for it?
and last thing is i will need a rear sight. i am quite pleased with the Williams recevier peep on my '94, is there a similar one i can use for the '95? also will a Lyman No.2 tang sight fit as well?
